AJ Odudu on her failure to say no - How To Fail with Elizabeth Day

Big Brother host, Strictly Come Dancing finalist and the woman who, by her own admission, ‘puts black into Blackburn’, AJ Odudu is a force to be reckoned with. Growing up in Lancashire, no one ever knew how to pronounce her name and she was questioned constantly on why she was different. But as an adult, she has turned these early experiences into inner strength - resilience that has served her well throughout personal and professional failures.
Now she’s best known for being the host of the recently rebooted Big Brother but a decade earlier, she lost her presenting job a decade earlier on Big Brother’s Bit On The Side and hit rock bottom. She joins me to explain how she built her life back, how her past relationships continue to shape (and sometimes haunt) her, how she is learning to say no and - the first time I’ve ever discussed this on the pod - her failure to stop biting her nails. What. A. Woman.
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I adore you and please only take this in the most loving of ways but there is a relationship between you ignoring yourself and what is best how you handled your torn ligament and your boyfriend cheating..... you didnt place yourself first you did what was best for others....Often we go why did he Boyfr..... xyz and the answer is in how we treat ourselves. Go deep and pay attention to when you reject, abandoned, dont keep your word to yourself, ignore yourself, dont prioritize, and just plan dont love you the most. Men reflect back to us how we neglect or love ourselves. Wish you only the best!